… of five or six whiskers of prawn!—těy těy This amusing folk song is included not only as a marker of Kochi identity … an inherently non-Jewish song. Remembered as one of many songs heard from itinerant non-Jewish street-singers in … “těy těy” are characteristic line-endings in similar Kerala folk songs. Because there is no written version of this song …

… as such he ranks among the founding fathers of the Israeli folk song.  In 1927, as a 15-year-old, he composed his first … left …') is often quoted as the title. He composed some 400 songs altogether; 250 of them appeared in print. Many of his … Singing for: melodies for choir, children's songs, and folk songs. In his later years, he suffered from cancer and …

… and analyses of their Malayalam-language women’s songs. Her earlier publications include Ruby of Cochin: An … Society, 1995);  Oh, Lovely Parrot!: Jewish Women’s Songs from Kerala  (The Jewish Music Research Center, … Scholar of Cochin Jewish Women’s Songs … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Women singing … Barbara C. Johnson …

… whose melody is borrowed. … 95 … 95 … 3 … International Folk Music Year Book … International Folk Music Year Book … 37629 … 141-142 … … Songs … Piyyutim … Pizmonim … Song … XIX … 1987 … Song … …

… One of the most widespread and frequently recorded Sephardic songs throughout the twentieth century. The version by Haim … most complete in existence. Originating in an Andalusian folk song, the CES version incorporates stanzas from other popular Spanish songs. It is plausible that Haim Effendi played a crucial …

… and the “Ayyumma” refrain) are the most similar in their folk style. When the Parur version was recorded in 1981 by … she had forgotten parts of the song. In contrast to the two folk-style versions, the Paradesi song (16c) was  sung by … Taoz/ Moshav Aviezer/ Kochi … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … …

… … Moshav Mesillat Tzion. Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Edith …

… … Splendid Singing Birds: Biblical narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Avigdor …

… Polin ,  The Oxford Handbook of Slavic and East European Folklore ,  Musica Judaica ,  Yuval ,  Musik Traditionen ,  Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Folklore , and  Shofar , explore Yiddish folk songs and Hasidic nigunim through ethnomusicological, …

… Distressed people are compared to fluttering birds in songs 1 and 55 ; in several songs, the first act on arrival … prophet are found in Kochini oral history, as in the folklore of many other Jewish communities (Daniel and … Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 3. …